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Can Anyone Identify This Non Believer From The 1981 Oscar Ceremony?

posted 2 months ago by FootOfDavros (6785)
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The special effects team from Lucasfilm won a special Oscar for their incredible efforts on The Empire Strikes Back. However one particular gentleman in the audience looks less than impressed!

Can anyone identify who this guy appearing at 1:21:20 is? 😂

https://youtu.be/8va2OxPdTZg?si=UzQxevTMuLH30juI&t=1h21m04s

[–] chumbawampa (155) 2 months ago

Frank Sinatra?

[–] FootOfDavros (6785) 2 months ago

I don't think so... You certain? Doesn't look as I remember him.

[–] peterkneter (380) 2 months ago

How in hell could "Fame" win over "The Empire strikes back" score by John Williams? There barely is any score in Fame other than the songs...

[–] mechajutaro (2788) 2 months ago

That's why Fame's soundtrack won. All those songs were pop hits at the time

[–] peterkneter (380) 2 months ago

That's a shame. That's what the song category is for...

[–] FootOfDavros (6785) 2 months ago

I don't know... I do enjoy I Sing The Body Electric.

Although my favourite Fame song isn't from the movie but the TV show - Hi Fidelity.

[–] AckbarsRevenge (3557) 2 months ago

Probably a mobster.

[–] ebhaynz (3537) 2 months ago

Richard Burton.

[–] FootOfDavros (6785) 2 months ago

Thanks - I think you got him!

Boy, did he hate Star Wars...

[–] ebhaynz (3537) 2 months ago

Not as much as I do.

[–] xergan (869) 2 months ago

Should be Rod Steiger:
https://youtu.be/Rq4jfI-ItAU?si=CdI7cvFGDFsrxSDa&t=97

[–] FootOfDavros (6785) 2 months ago

Well done - The shirt and bow tie says yes!

I looked up some Burton pictures from '81 and thought he was the man but it's surely Rod Steiger. Off to look up his views on Star Wars...